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Here are my Uproxx Music Critics Poll ballot and my Pazz & Jop Rip-Off poll ballot. These are exactly* as I sent them except since my Uproxx email was just for my write-in votes, I've now inserted my number 2 Uproxx album into it in brackets (I originally voted for that one via their dropdown menu; nothing else I voted for was on their menus). For Uproxx I was allowed up to 10 albums and 5 singles; P&J Rip-Off was albums-only, also up to 10. The Uproxx deadline came first, obviously, and I made an easily avoidable mistake in my comments, and I followed-up with a correction.
My votes were restricted by Uproxx and P&J restrictions, sometimes to amusing effect (see footnote).
MC 2Jhow, MC Rennan & MC Fahah (DJ NBeat) "Vem Sentando Vem"
The P&J is the first 10-item album list I've submitted or posted anywhere since EOY 2014. And since way before then I've been letting singles and tracks, in streams and downloads and on playlists, way supersede albums in my listening. I think albums are still a meaningful format: can in a small way throw me more into particular artists' (and labels') own contexts. But that's less and less anyone else's context for listening, and e.g. lots of baile funk DJs and performers don't even release albums. I'm thinking that if I submit album lists in the future I might decide to include streamed DJ sets.
I joked that I was doing the Uproxx as a conceptual art piece, i.e., I knew my ballot wasn't going to make an impact. But I was actually doing it to combat my alienation and to engage with some of my critic friends via email. Then when Chuck tipped me off to the P&J Rip-Off thing I jumped in further. I worry that this conflicted with my other listening and writing, and that I'm e.g. putting off writing about singles and about baile funk in particular 'cause I want what I write to be good and not too overwhelmingly ignorant, meanwhile I'm lounging around in album rabbitholes.
Anyway, I hope to engage with you all in later posts by commenting on the music, either from these albs or elsewhere. We'll see how life and writing go. In the meantime I'll be doing the ILM tracks poll and Tom Ewing's World Cup Of 2021, both of which are somewhat different animals, more about discovery than about tracking what a social set thinks is best.
Babes Wodumo ft. Mampintsha, Rhythmsounds & Bevst Niggvs "Dumelang"
( Footnote )
*Er, and I've now fixed my typo in the Hello Psychaleppo album title, which is Jismal, not Dismal
My votes were restricted by Uproxx and P&J restrictions, sometimes to amusing effect (see footnote).
MC 2Jhow, MC Rennan & MC Fahah (DJ NBeat) "Vem Sentando Vem"
From: Frank Kogan
Sent: Monday, November 29, 2021 9:21 PM
To: Critics Poll, Uproxx
Subject: Write-In Ballot Frank Kogan
My number 2 album is on your dropdown menu so I've left that spot blank here. The rest are all write-ins.
ALBUMS:
1. Squid / Bright Green Field
[2. Ashley Monroe / Rosegold]
3. Equiknoxx / Basic Tools (Mixtape)
4. Juçara Marçal / Delta Estácio Blues
SINGLES:
1. DJ Wesley Gonzaga, MC Cyclope & MC Laureta / "Sarra Nela Com Fuzil Na Bandolera"
2. DJ Guuga & MC Don Juan / "Acabou Você Não Deu Valor"
3. MC Thammy, MC Jhenny (DJ Malícia) / "Chamo Teu Vulgo Malvadão"
4. MC 2Jhow, MC Rennan & MC Fahah (DJ NBeat) / "Vem Sentando Vem"
5. Sofía Martín, le Shuuk / "Tóxica"
The top four singles are all baile funk. I think Sofía Martín is also Brazilian, but she's not baile funk.
Juçara Marçal is also from Brazil, and also isn't baile funk.
From this you might get the idea that I know something about Brazil. But I don't. This is just what happens if you knock around YouTube and Twitter enough; you find the wild things.
Equiknoxx are Jamaican and Squid are Brits; they're not so wild, but they're good.
Enjoy your December.
Frank Kogan
From: Frank Kogan
Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2021 5:41 PM
To: Critics Poll, Uproxx
Subject: Fact check
"I think Sofía Martín is also Brazilian..." To underscore that I don't know what I'm talking about (or how to search the Internet, apparently), I learn that she was born in Germany, grew up in Spain, and now records in Berlin.
https://www.curiousformusic.com/post/get-to-know-sofía-martín
I think one of the YouTube sites said her track was licensed by a Brazilian version of some international label. That's my excuse.
From: Frank Kogan
Date: Fri, Dec 31, 2021 at 11:27 PM
Subject: Pazz & Jop Rip-Off Poll ballot - Frank Kogan
To: pazzandjop
Babes Wodumo - Crown - 20
MC Carol - Borogodó - 16
Bee DeeJay - On The Map - 12
Squid - Bright Green Field - 10
Ashley Monroe - Rosegold - 8
Slant - 1집 - 8
Hello Psychaleppo - Jismal [EP] - 7
Tia Maria Produções - Lei Da Tia Maria - 7
Juçara Marçal - Delta Estácio Blues - 6
Sexyy Red - Ghetto Superstar - 6
Glenn and Keith - Thank you for taking the time to do this.
Frank Kogan
The P&J is the first 10-item album list I've submitted or posted anywhere since EOY 2014. And since way before then I've been letting singles and tracks, in streams and downloads and on playlists, way supersede albums in my listening. I think albums are still a meaningful format: can in a small way throw me more into particular artists' (and labels') own contexts. But that's less and less anyone else's context for listening, and e.g. lots of baile funk DJs and performers don't even release albums. I'm thinking that if I submit album lists in the future I might decide to include streamed DJ sets.
I joked that I was doing the Uproxx as a conceptual art piece, i.e., I knew my ballot wasn't going to make an impact. But I was actually doing it to combat my alienation and to engage with some of my critic friends via email. Then when Chuck tipped me off to the P&J Rip-Off thing I jumped in further. I worry that this conflicted with my other listening and writing, and that I'm e.g. putting off writing about singles and about baile funk in particular 'cause I want what I write to be good and not too overwhelmingly ignorant, meanwhile I'm lounging around in album rabbitholes.
Anyway, I hope to engage with you all in later posts by commenting on the music, either from these albs or elsewhere. We'll see how life and writing go. In the meantime I'll be doing the ILM tracks poll and Tom Ewing's World Cup Of 2021, both of which are somewhat different animals, more about discovery than about tracking what a social set thinks is best.
Babes Wodumo ft. Mampintsha, Rhythmsounds & Bevst Niggvs "Dumelang"
( Footnote )
*Er, and I've now fixed my typo in the Hello Psychaleppo album title, which is Jismal, not Dismal
